Subject: Explanation on 1 John 5:7-8 please? |
Bible Note: Hi Morant61, I think that the arguments that would bring about a change in the NASB and get the disputed portion into the main text are these: 1) The words seem to be made to order as Erasmus would say. He did not deny the truth of the words. And you have stated that you do not either. 2) If the words were not in the KJ if would make for a very choppy rendering. 3) If the disputed portion were not in verse 7 of the KJ then the literal translation of "for the one thing" [in agreement] in verse 8 would have nothing to refer back to. I have talked to the Lockman Foundation in past years and so I know that the basis for which I include it,personally, is not one to which they would adhere. It is too close to "numerology". You know me well enough, Tim, to know that it would involve capitalization and number of pronouns. In order to get my pronouns to be divisible by three, these four pronouns of Deity fit right in. Again, this is my own personal study that is meaningful to me. Take it for what its worth. With this disputed portion included within my study it leaves the remaining pronouns in the verses divisible by three. 1 John 11:11-21, NASB, parentheses mine. "And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His (Son). He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that (He) hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. If anyone see his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin not leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him and the evil one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know (Him) who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols." This witness has 27 pronouns of Deity which of course is divisible by three. This has been meaningful for me. Take it for what it is worth. Later, Ray |